FY 2003 Lower Columbia proposal 200304600

Section 1. General administrative information
Section 2. Past accomplishments
Section 3. Relationships to other projects
Section 4. Budgets for planning/design phase
Section 5. Budgets for construction/implementation phase
Section 6. Budgets for operations/maintenance phase
Section 7. Budgets for monitoring/evaluation phase
Section 8. Budget summary

Reviews and Recommendations

Additional documents

Title	Type
31020 Narrative	Narrative
31020 Sponsor Response to the ISRP	Response
31020 Powerpoint Presentation	Powerpoint Presentation

Section 1. Administrative

Proposal title	Monitor Coweeman River Salmonid Populations
Proposal ID	200304600
Organization	Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife (WDFW)
Proposal contact person or principal investigator
Name	Dan Rawding
Mailing address	2108 Grand Blvd. Vancouver, WA 98661
Phone / email	3609066747 / Rawdidr@dfw.wa.gov
Manager authorizing this project	Dan Rawding
Review cycle	Lower Columbia
Province / Subbasin	Lower Columbia / Cowlitz
Short description	determine freshwater productivity and marine survival of wild tule fall chinook and wild winter steelhead to develop risk assessments and recovery actions for these ESA listed populations
Target species	Fall Chinook Salmon and Winter Steelhead,

Project location

Latitude	Longitude	Description
46.14	-122.88	Adult trap at River Mile 4 on the Coweeman River
46.17	-122.77	Adult recoveries River Mile 5-31
46.1329	-122.793	Juvenile traps at RM 5, 18, and Goble Cr RM 1

Reasonable and Prudent Alternatives (RPAs)

Sponsor-reported:

RPA
Action 165
Action 166
Action 167
Action 169

Relevant RPAs based on NMFS/BPA review:

Reviewing agency	Action #	BiOp Agency	Description
NMFS	Action 165	NMFS	The Action Agencies shall work with NMFS, USFWS, Tribal and state fishery managers, and the relevant Pacific Salmon Commission and Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC) technical committees to develop and implement methods and analytical procedures (including revising and/or replacing current fishery management and stock assessment models based on these methods and procedures) to estimate fishery and stock-specific management parameters (e.g., harvest rates). The Action Agencies shall place particular emphasis on current methods and procedures affected by the transition to mass marking of Columbia River basin hatchery produced fish and/or deployment of selective fishery regimes in the Columbia River basin, addressing these concerns within a time frame necessary to make the new selective fishing regimes feasible. Specifically, the Action Agencies shall facilitate the development of models, methods, and analytical procedures by the 3-year check-in.
NMFS	Action 166	NMFS	The Action Agencies shall work with NMFS, USFWS, the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission, and Tribal and state fishery management agencies to implement and/or enable changes in catch sampling programs and data recovery systems, including any required changes in current databases (e.g., reformatting) and associated data retrieval systems, pursuant to the time frame necessary to implement and monitor mass marking programs and/or selective fishery regimes in the Columbia River basin. Specifically, the Action Agencies shall facilitate the revision of programs and systems, as needed, by the 3-year check-in.
NMFS	Action 167	NMFS	The Action Agencies shall work with NMFS, USFWS, and Tribal and state fishery management agencies to develop improved methods for estimating incidental mortalities in fisheries, with particular emphasis on selective fisheries in the Columbia River basin, doing so within the time frame necessary to make new marking and selective fishery regimes feasible. The Action Agencies shall initiate studies and/or develop methods by the 3-year check-in.
NMFS	Action 180	NMFS	The Action Agencies and NMFS shall work within regional prioritization and congressional appropriation processes to establish and provide the level of FCRPS funding to develop and implement a basinwide hierarchical monitoring program. This program shall be developed collaboratively with appropriate regional agencies and shall determine population and environmental status (including assessment of performance measures and standards) and allow ground-truthing of regional databases. A draft program including protocols for specific data to be collected, frequency of samples, and sampling sites shall be developed by September 2001. Implementation should begin no later than the spring of 2002 and will be fully implemented no later than 2003.
NMFS	Action 184	NMFS	The Action Agencies and NMFS shall work within regional prioritization and congressional appropriation processes to establish and provide the appropriate level of FCRPS funding for a hatchery research, monitoring, and evaluation program consisting of studies to determine whether hatchery reforms reduce the risk of extinction for Columbia River basin salmonids and whether conservation hatcheries contribute to recovery.
BPA	Action 183	NMFS	Initiate at least three tier 3 studies (each necessarily comprising several sites) within each ESU (a single action may affect more than one ESU). In addition, at least two studies focusing on each major management action must take place within the Columbia River basin. The Action Agencies shall work with NMFS and the Technical Recovery Teams to identify key studies in the 1-year plan. Those studies will be implemented no later than 2003.
NMFS/BPA	Action 180	NMFS	The Action Agencies and NMFS shall work within regional prioritization and congressional appropriation processes to establish and provide the level of FCRPS funding to develop and implement a basinwide hierarchical monitoring program. This program shall be developed collaboratively with appropriate regional agencies and shall determine population and environmental status (including assessment of performance measures and standards) and allow ground-truthing of regional databases. A draft program including protocols for specific data to be collected, frequency of samples, and sampling sites shall be developed by September 2001. Implementation should begin no later than the spring of 2002 and will be fully implemented no later than 2003.

Section 2. Past accomplishments

Year	Accomplishment

Section 3. Relationships to other projects

Project ID	Title	Description
	Coded Wire Tag and Recovery Project	provide wild Tule fall chinook CWT to determine fisheries impacts
	Cedar Creek Lamprey Project	provide additional lamprey data
	Non-index chum Surveys	provide chum estimates on Coweeman, which is not surveyed
	Select Area Fisheries	provide CWT fall chinook to see if these fisheries intercept wild tule fall chinook

Section 4. Budget for Planning and Design phase

Task-based budget

Objective	Task	Duration in FYs	Estimated 2003 cost	Subcontractor
1) Determine the total number of chinook, steelhead, and possibly sea-run cutthroat, coho, chum, and lamprey spawners in the Coweeman River, their age structure, biological characteristics, genetic structure, and protion of hatchery spawners.	1.a. Locate trap sites, secure landowner agreements, and apply for permits to install traps.	5	$7,961
2) Determine production estimates for steelhead smolts, cutthroat smolts, and coho smolts, chum pre-smolts, and chinook pre-smolts, and possibly juvenile lamprey, and coded-wire-tag fall chinook salmon	2.a. Locate trap sites, secure landowner agreements, and apply for permits to install traps.	5	$7,961

Outyear objectives-based budget

Objective	Starting FY	Ending FY	Estimated cost
1) Determine the total number of chinook, steelhead, and possibly sea-run cutthroat, coho, chum, and lamprey spawners in the Coweeman River, their age structure, biological characteristics, genetic structure, and protion of hatchery spawners.	2004	2007	$7,961
2) Determine production estimates for steelhead smolts, cutthroat smolts, and coho smolts, chum pre-smolts, and chinook pre-smolts, and possibly juvenile lamprey, and coded-wire-tag fall chinook salmon	2004	2007	$7,961

Outyear budgets for Planning and Design phase

FY 2004	FY 2005	FY 2006	FY 2007
$7,961	$7,961	$7,961	$7,961

Section 5. Budget for Construction and Implementation phase

Task-based budget

Objective	Task	Duration in FYs	Estimated 2003 cost	Subcontractor
1) Determine the total number of chinook, steelhead, and possibly sea-run cutthroat, coho, chum, and lamprey spawners in the Coweeman River, their age structure, biological characteristics, genetic structure, and protion of hatchery spawners.	1.b. Hire personnel, purchase/build traps, purchase equipment, determine index sites using an EMAP approach.	5	$25,731
2) Determine production estimates for steelhead smolts, cutthroat smolts, and coho smolts, chum pre-smolts, and chinook pre-smolts, and possibly juvenile lamprey, and coded-wire-tag fall chinook salmon.	2.b. Hire personnel, purchase/build traps, purchase equipment, determine index sites using an EMAP approach.	5	$77,507

Outyear objectives-based budget

Objective	Starting FY	Ending FY	Estimated cost
1) Determine the total number of chinook, steelhead, and possibly sea-run cutthroat, coho, chum, and lamprey spawners in the Coweeman River, their age structure, biological characteristics, genetic structure, and protion of hatchery spawners.	2004	2007	$7,731
2) Determine production estimates for steelhead smolts, cutthroat smolts, and coho smolts, chum pre-smolts, and chinook pre-smolts, and possibly juvenile lamprey, and coded-wire-tag fall chinook salmon	2004	2007	$8,357

Outyear budgets for Construction and Implementation phase

FY 2004	FY 2005	FY 2006	FY 2007
$16,088	$16,088	$16,088	$16,088

Section 6. Budget for Operations and Maintenance phase

Task-based budget

Objective	Task	Duration in FYs	Estimated 2003 cost	Subcontractor
1) Determine the total number of chinook, steelhead, and possibly sea-run cutthroat, coho, chum, and lamprey spawners in the Coweeman River, their age structure, biological characteristics, genetic structure, and protion of hatchery spawners.	1.c. Install adult trap, tag fall chinook, collect bio and genetic samples, and recover tagged fish.	5	$57,661
2) Determine production estimates for steelhead smolts, cutthroat smolts, and coho smolts, chum pre-smolts, and chinook pre-smolts, and possibly juvenile lamprey, and coded-wire-tag fall chinook salmon	2.c. Install screw traps, operate during the outmigration season, and tag fall chinook outmigrants.	5	$57,661

Outyear objectives-based budget

Objective	Starting FY	Ending FY	Estimated cost
1) Determine the total number of chinook, steelhead, and possibly sea-run cutthroat, coho, chum, and lamprey spawners in the Coweeman River, their age structure, biological characteristics, genetic structure, and protion of hatchery spawners.	2004	2007	$57,661
2) Determine production estimates for steelhead smolts, cutthroat smolts, and coho smolts, chum pre-smolts, and chinook pre-smolts, and possibly juvenile lamprey, and coded-wire-tag fall chinook salmon	2004	2007	$57,661

Outyear budgets for Operations and Maintenance phase

FY 2004	FY 2005	FY 2006	FY 2007
$115,322	$115,322	$115,322	$115,322

Section 7. Budget for Monitoring and Evaluation phase

Task-based budget

Objective	Task	Duration in FYs	Estimated 2003 cost
1) Determine the total number of chinook, steelhead, and possibly sea-run cutthroat, coho, chum, and lamprey spawners in the Coweeman River, their age structure, biological characteristics, genetic structure, and protion of hatchery spawners.	1d. Complete adult salmonid data entry and analysis. Develop adult fall population estimates	5	$10,705
2) Determine production estimates for steelhead smolts, cutthroat smolts, and coho smolts, chum pre-smolts, and chinook pre-smolts, and possibly juvenile lamprey, and coded-wire-tag fall chinook salmon	2.d. Complete juvenile salmonid data entry and analysis. Develop outmigrant population estimates.	5	$10,705
3)Determine key spawning and rearing areas within the basin, the freshwater survival, and marine survival for chinook and steelhead, and potentially coho, chum, sea-run cutthroat, and possibly lamprey, and provide data to BPA, StreamNet, and NMFS.	3.a. Identify key production reaches. 3.b. Determine freshwater survival, productivity, and capacity for salmonids. 3.c. Use Coded-Wire-Tagged to determine marine survival for salmonids. 3.d. Complete annual report to BPA, and data to StreamNet and NMFS	5	$22,070

Outyear objectives-based budget

Objective	Starting FY	Ending FY	Estimated cost
1)Determine the total number of chinook, steelhead, and possibly sea-run cutthroat, coho, chum, and lamprey spawners in the Coweeman River, their age structure, biological characteristics, genetic structure, and protion of hatchery spawners.	2004	2007	$10,705
2) Determine production estimates for steelhead smolts, cutthroat smolts, and coho smolts, chum pre-smolts, and chinook pre-smolts, and possibly juvenile lamprey, and coded-wire-tag fall chinook salmon	2004	2007	$10,705
3) Determine key spawning and rearing areas within the basin, the freshwater survival, and marine survival for chinook and steelhead, and potentially coho, chum, sea-run cutthroat, and possibly lamprey, and provide data to BPA, StreamNet, and NMFS.	2004	2007	$22,070

Outyear budgets for Monitoring and Evaluation phase

FY 2004	FY 2005	FY 2006	FY 2007
$43,480	$43,480	$43,480	$43,480

Section 8. Estimated budget summary

Itemized budget

Item	Note	FY 2003 cost
Personnel	FTE: Fish Bio 4 - .08FTE, Fish Bio 3 - .17 FTE, Fish Bio 2 - 1 FTE, Sci. Tech 2 - 1.5 FTE	$110,444
Fringe	For above	$30,726
Supplies	Tagging supplies, CWTs, etc.	$5,100
Travel	Vehicle Mileage	$9,250
Indirect	@25.2%	$35,292
Capital	Adult Trap, Smolt Traps, CWT Injector	$87,150
		$277,962

Total estimated budget

Total FY 2003 cost	$277,962
Amount anticipated from previously committed BPA funds	$0
Total FY 2003 budget request	$277,962
FY 2003 forecast from 2002	$0
% change from forecast	0.0%

Cost sharing

Organization	Item or service provided	Amount	Cash or in-kind
WDFW	Steelhead redd surveys and chinook counts	$7,000	in-kind
PSMFC	Chinook index counts	$5,000	in-kind

Reviews and recommendations

This information was not provided on the original proposals, but was generated during the review process.

REVIEW:
ISRP Preliminary Review (ISRP 2002-2)

Recommendation:
Fundable only if response is adequate

Date:
Mar 1, 2002

Comment:

A response is needed. The sponsors propose to install traps to obtain a more accurate estimate of the abundance of adult fall chinook and steelhead, and production of smolts. This goal seems worthwhile because the Coweeman stock of fall Chinook is used as an index stock for developing harvest rates for Lower Columbia ESU fall Chinook salmon. The stock is managed for natural production and has very few hatchery fish noted; the stock of Tule fall chinook in the Coweeman River is apparently genetically distinct from other Tule chinook. If this is truly a natural population of fall chinook, it is one of only two in the lower Columbia River (Lewis River is the other). Justifications for the program seem appropriate, and there are excellent multi-species returns for a small system. This proposal could become one of the better assessment programs in the lower Columbia.

It is unclear how adult steelhead will be monitored. The sponsors mention, in passing, something about a temporary weir. The genetic aspects of the proposal are particularly perplexing, and the methods for distinguishing naturally spawning hatchery fish from "wild" fish are unclear. The sponsors propose to develop a stock-recruitment relationship by measuring smolt production over a ten-year period and estimating recruits from the smolt production data using marine survival estimates. The sponsors need to justify why a reliable stock-recruitment relationship can be developed with this method using only ten data points, especially given variability in marine survival. How will the age structure of the recruits be estimated from the smolt production data? What evidence is there (or feasibility test) that sufficient natural chinook smolts can be coded-wire tagged via a screw-trap program?

In the budget, why would Planning and Design costs remain inflated for each of 5 years.

REVIEW:
CBFWA Funding Recommendation

Recommendation:
Recommended Action

Date:
May 17, 2002

Comment:

The reviewers are unclear whether BPA should be responsible for funding this activity. NMFS has identified that this project is a BiOp project.

REVIEW:
ISRP Final Review (ISRP 2002-11)

Recommendation:
Fund

Date:
Jun 7, 2002

Comment:

Fundable. The PI provided an adequate response to our questions. This project could develop a potentially important indicator stock for naturally-spawning Tule fall Chinook in the lower Columbia River and the re-establishment of a local broodstock for steelhead salmon. However, for steelhead it would be preferable to develop a more quantitative method for the monitoring of spawning escapement so that the full value of the smolt program can be used. Otherwise, the stock-recruit comparison will be between an index of adult spawners and a quantitative estimate of the smolts produced. The other consideration is that this would be the only monitoring of a truly naturally spawning population of Tule fall Chinook salmon in the lower Columbia River. Tule Chinook are late-run fall Chinook salmon and are contrasted with the earlier Bright fall Chinook of the Hanford Reach and Lewis River.

REVIEW:
NMFS Review

Recommendation:

Date:
Jul 19, 2002

Comment:

Statement of Potential Biological Benefit to ESU
Benefits are indirect. A focused monitoring and evaluation program for the Coweenman River. This project has high potential biological benefit due to the management importance of the status of salmonid stocks in this system

Comments
This is a very important project. The motivation for the work is clear, as is the utility of the data from a resource management perspective. While the general approach differs from that of ODFW for status monitoring, there is no statewide strategy for status monitoring in Washington, nor are there many well designed adult and juvenile monitoring programs. This is a valuable attempt to add critical data for stock status and productivity for Lower River stocks. Fulfills Biop requirements in part.

Already ESA Req? No

Biop? Yes

REVIEW:
BPA Funding Recommendation

Recommendation:
C

Date:
Jul 23, 2002

Comment:

Consideration of funding of this project should await development of a regional RM&E framework. If funded, project proponent should work collaboratively with NMFS and the Regional RM&E workgroup to conform elements of this project with the RM&E framework. Also, we note that the project's primary purpose appears to be focused on fall chinook ocean harvest management, which is generally the responsibility of the regulatory agencies.

REVIEW:
NWPPC Funding Recommendation

Recommendation:
Do Not Fund

Date:
Oct 30, 2002

Comment: